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Thursday, May 09, 2013

Foundation for Haitian Development: The Road to Progress in Rural Haiti - The Road to the Village of Robert

Most readers of the White Rhino Report are aware of my deep connection with Haiti and my love for the land and its people. I serve as an advisor to an organization called The Foundation for Haitian Development. A key focus of FHD is the ambitious project of building a road to the remote village of Robert in the southwest of Haiti, not far from the historic fishing port of Jeremie.

I want to make you aware of a current need to move the project forward to enable a full site survey to be conducted of the proposed route that the road to Robert will follow up the mountainside. I also want to ask you to consider joining with me and many others in making a financial contribution to this project.

Here is an advance peak at an appeal that will go out to those of the FHD mailing list in the next few days.

When I Survey . . .
. . . . The Road to Robert - and
Beyond

In 1707, Isaac Watts penned the words to a hymn
that many of us have grown up singing: “When
I Survey the Wondrous Cross.”

When I survey the wondrous cross
On which the Prince of glory died,
My richest gain I count but loss,
And pour contempt on all my pride.

Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
Save in the death of Christ my God!
All the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to His blood.

See from His head, His hands, His feet,
Sorrow and love flow mingled down!
Did e’er such love and sorrow meet,
Or thorns compose so rich a crown?

Were the whole realm of nature mine,
That were a present far too small;
Love so amazing, so divine,
Demands my soul, my life, my all.

For
those of us at the Foundation for
Haitian Development, it is our awe and wonder at the power of the Cross that has prompted us to commit ourselves to put
the power of the Gospel into action
on the ground in Haiti.

When we survey the Cross of Christ . . .

·We feel compelled to put
His love into action in practical ways

·We feel called to
provide a path to community development for the town of Robert in the southwest of Haiti and the surrounding area

·We feel called to work
with the citizens of Robert to build an
actual road to the town that will give them access to jobs and commerce
with the outside world.

·We feel called to take
the next step and engage a team of professionals to conduct a detailed survey
of the site of the proposed Road to
Robert

When we survey the site of the Road to Robert . . .

·We will know the scope
and total cost of the road building project

·We will be able to
continue partnering with the people of Robert, other committed Haitians,
partner churches and organizations, and engineers from Northeastern University
and Port-au-Prince to plan and construct the road.

We
have an immediate need to fund the Survey before the next rainy season arrives
in Haiti.

Ourgoal for the Survey project is $10,000 – well below the projected cost if we were not using God’s people
to provide volunteer labor for planning and coordinating this survey project.

We
are asking for your support – as an individual, a congregation, a service
club. We need your contribution on or
before June 1.

About Me

As the Founder of White Rhino Partners, I work as an executive coach and an executive recruiter. Client companies and executive level candidates look to me - not just as a recruiter - but as a trusted advisor. AS a coach, I specialize in helping executives or senior military officers who are in transition. As a recruiter, I specialize in placing senior executives who are "Renaissance Men and Women," and who are entrepreneurial leaders - many of whom have had a distinguished military career and/or are Service Academy graduates and hold MBA's from top-tier business schools.
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